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Commenting on unemployment figures released today by the ONS which show that the claimant count has risen for the ninth month in succession, Vince Cable MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor said:

5.29.12pm UTC (GMT +0000) Wed 16th Nov 2005

Commenting on the decision to change the absurd rules which ban from civil wedding services the use of texts containing the slightest religious connotation, Don Foster MP Liberal Democrat Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary, said:

"I'm delighted my campaign has ended this crazy ban.

"This bizarre form of censorship has blighted the experience of many couples on their big day.

"Now this consultation has proven the obvious - that songs like Amazing Grace, Robbie William's Angels and Aretha Franklin's I Say a Little Prayer don't make a marriage service religious.

"It's also good news that rules on wedding readings have been relaxed so that Shakespeare sonnets and the nation's favourite love poem [How do I love thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning] are back on the menu.

"I have written to Gordon Brown to ensure these changes are made in time for next summer's wedding season."

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